The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It's subtle and hard to perceive. It's like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can't tell others.

But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.

Those who worship don't know, and those who know don't worship.

Someone who seeks the Way doesn't look beyond himself.

All know the way, but few actually walk it.

If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.

But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.